Positive selection of T cells, an in vitro view

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 276-286

  Dervović, Dženetdina ^a   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

FTOC; In vitro culture; MHC; OP9 DL1; Positive selection; T cell development; TCR; Thymic stromal cells

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77955980689     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.04.014     Document Type: Review

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